Crop plants as models for understanding plant adaptation and diversification

• Published in: Frontiers in plant science Vol. 4; p. 290
• Main Authors: Olsen, Kenneth M., Wendel, Jonathan F.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Frontiers Media S.A 01.08.2013
• Subjects: adaptation; artificial selection; Association mapping; Crop Improvement; evolutionary genomics; parallel evolution; Plant Science; evolutionary genomics; parallel evolution; association mapping; domestication syndrome; adaptation; crop improvement; artificial selection

Since the time of Darwin, biologists have understood the promise of crop plants and their wild relatives for providing insight into the mechanisms of phenotypic evolution. The intense selection imposed by our ancestors during plant domestication and subsequent crop improvement has generated remarkab...